Ice Climber (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)

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Ice Climber
Ice Climber.png
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
IceClimber WarioWareGold.png
WarioWare Gold
Appears in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
WarioWare Gold
League Mash League
Type Nintendo Classics (9-Volt, Mega Microgame$!)
Nintendo Classics (5-Volt, Gold)
Command(s) Grab! (Mega Microgame$!, Gold levels 1 and 2)
Reach the veggie! (Gold, level 3)
Info "Grab hold of the big bird cruising through the sky! This was once the pinnacle of gaming!" 1985: NES (Mega Microgame$!)
"Jump as high as you can, but be careful of the slippery ice floor! Ice Climber was released for the NES in 1985." (Gold)
Controls A Button/A Button/A Button - Jump

+Control Pad left or right/+Control Pad Left-Right/+Control Pad left or right - Move

Time limit 8 beats (Mega Microgame$!)
16 beats (Gold)
Points to clear 10
Music track Ice Climber

Ice Climber is one of 9-Volt's microgames found in the Nintendo Classics folder in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and one of 5-Volt's microgames found in the Nintendo Classics level of the Mash League in WarioWare Gold. It is based on the bonus stage of the NES game also called Ice Climber.

Gameplay[edit]

In this microgame, the player controls Popo, one of the Ice Climbers. The player has to try and grab onto the condor flying overhead.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$![edit]

  • 1st level difficulty: Popo does not need to move around to grab onto the condor.
  • 2nd level difficulty: Popo may have to move to another platform to grab onto the condor.
  • 3rd level difficulty: Popo starts at the bottom platform and he has to get on a higher platform to grab the condor.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

The timer is twice as long, and the field of view is larger.

  • 1st level difficulty: Popo does not need to move around to grab onto the condor.
  • 2nd level difficulty: Popo starts on a lower platform and he has to get on a higher platform to grab the condor.
  • 3rd level difficulty: Popo must utilize the moving clouds to grab the eggplant instead of a condor.

In-game timer[edit]

In addition to the regular timer on the bottom, there is also a timer in the upper left within the microgame based on the bonus stage timer in the original Ice Climber game.

In Mega Microgame$! the timer counts down at a set speed regardless of the microgame's speed, so as the microgame speeds up, the amount of time on that timer decreases. For instance, at speed 1 the timer starts at approximately 02.8, whereas at speed 2 it starts at 02.4.

In Gold the timer almost always starts at approximately 08.0, with 2 beats equaling 1.0 on the timer. In the WarioWatch challenge the timer starts at approximately 10.0, partially due to all non-boss microgames in WarioWatch having a 28-beat time limit.

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! ICE CLIMBER

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アイスクライマー[?]
Aisu Kuraimā
Ice Climber
French Ice Climber[?] -
German Ice Climber[?] -
Italian Ice Climber[?] -